Bravely Fought the Queen
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781904718031
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Bravely Fought the Queen
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2013-07-15
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9351182193
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri First staged in 1991, Bravely Fought the Queen created a stir with its disturbingly honest portrayal of the dysfunctional Trivedi family, confirming Dattani's reputation as a playwright at the top of his game. Unfolding at a relentless pace, the play provides an unflinching insight into the urban Indian milieu, throwing light on a wide range of issues—marital friction, sibling rivalry, sexual politics and the lies we often tell ourselves—before racing to a shocking finale. ‘At last we have a playwright who gives sixty million English-speaking Indians an identity’—Alyque Padamsee ‘Powerful and disturbing’—The New York Times
Dance Like a Man
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-06-01
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 8184759754
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJairaj Parekh and his wife Ratna, aging Bharatnatyam dancers, are engaged in finding a substitute mridangam player to accompany their daughter Lata at her performance at a high-profile dance festival. Lata, in the meantime, nervously awaits the meeting between her parents and Viswas, the young man she wishes to marry. When the four meet, and in the conversations and discussions that follow, the fissures in the relationship between Jairaj and Ratna begin to explode into high-strung battles which lead back to their own youth and the tragedy that lies at the heart of their discord. The younger couple have their own issues to contend with: the obvious mismatch between the two sets of parents, the arguments over Lata’s career as a dancer after marriage and most unsettling of all, Lata’s attempt to balance her parents’ ambition with her own needs and desires. A brilliant study of human relationships and weaknesses framed by the age-old battle between tradition and youthful rebellion, Dance Like a Man has been hailed as one of the best works of the dramatic imagination in recent times.
Tara
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9788175300033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn a Muggy night in Mumbai
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2013-07-15
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9351182169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri On a Muggy Night in Mumbai is the first contemporary Indian play to openly tackle gay themes of love, partnership, trust and betrayal. Kamlesh—young, gay and clinically depressed—invites his friends home ostensibly for an evening of camaraderie. However, with the arrival of his sister and her fiancé, a series of dramatic confrontations is set into motion, leading to startling revelations and unexpected catharsis. ‘At last we have a playwright who gives sixty million English-speaking Indians an identity’—Alyque Padamsee ‘Powerful and disturbing’—The New York Times
Final Solutions and Other Plays
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Manas
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBRIEF CANDLE
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2010-10-30
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 8184752997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrief Candle: Three Plays brings together the most recent work of Sahitya Akademi award-winner Mahesh Dattani as he continues to explore subjects that need to be addressed but are relentlessly brushed under the carpet of middle-class morality—incest; gender bias and death. The title play is set in a hospital ward where terminally ill patients put up an energetic farce in memory of their friend who died of cancer. The blurring of lines between their romp and the events of their own lives leads to revelations that are both tragic and life-affirming. In the radio play The Girl Who Touched the Stars; Bhavna—now an astronaut ready to take off on a mission into outer space—reflects on her past in this moment of glory; only to confront the bitter truths she has tried to ignore all her life. The fragile fabric of familial relations is ripped apart in Thirty Days in September when memories of a traumatic past return to haunt a mother and her daughter. Playful and poignant; devastating and redemptive; these critically acclaimed plays lay bare the far-reaching consequences of the choices we make; confirming Dattani as one of India’s foremost dramatists.
Macbeth
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-02-26
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1408153742
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A splendid edition: it incorporates the most recent modern scholarship ... and it does so within a compass and format that is both readable and usable." - Around the Globe Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This Arden Shakespeare Third Series edition offers students detailed on-page commentary notes highlighting meaning and theatrical ideas and themes, as well as an illustrated, lengthy introduction setting the play in its historical, theatrical and critical context and outlining the recent debates about Middleton's possible co-authorship of some scenes. A comprehensive and informative edition ideal for students and teachers seeking to explore the play in depth, whether in the classroom or on the stage.
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780152018856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo women who sailed with Calico Jack Rackham and his pirates in the early 1700's do their best to defend their ship while the men on board are busy drinking.
Collected Plays
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2000-10-14
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9351181537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMahesh Dattani is the first Indian-playwright writing in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award. His plays bring Indian drama into the present day in their themes "sexuality, religious tension and gender issues" while still focussing on human relationships and personal and moral choices which are the classic concerns of world drama.
